William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Records 1912-2017, 2022

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The William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering is a department within the Ohio State University College of Engineering. The William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Records date from 1912 to 2017, and contain annual reports, newsletters, and other publications from the department.

[identification of item], William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Records, RG.17.F, Ohio State University Archives, Ohio State University

The William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Records date from 1912 to 2017, and contain annual reports, newsletters, and other publications from the department.

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Accession Number UA.1989.0176: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1990.0168: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number 1992.0089: Chemical Engineering, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1993.0009: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1993.0169: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1995.0084: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1996.0161: Department of Chemical Engineering, date unknown. Accession Number UA.1997.0032: Chemical Engineering, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2000.0098: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2001.0126: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2004.0027: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2005.0028: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2006.0043: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2007.0048: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2009.0036: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2010.0033: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2011.0070: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2011.0087: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2012.0031: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2013.0055: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, April 2013; Accession Number UA.2014.0067: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2014 April.

The Ohio State University first began offering courses in Chemical Engineering in 1903, with an official “Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering” degree added in 1904. Prior to 1924, chemical engineering was a division of the chemistry department; at that time it became its own department, the Department of Chemical Engineering. It was one of the first 10 schools accredited by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. In 2004, the Department of Chemical Engineering had its name changed to the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and again in 2008 to the William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. It is a department within the Ohio State University College of Engineering.

William G. Lowrie (1943-) is an American oil company executive who graduated from the Ohio State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering in 1966. In 2008, Lowrie donated 17 million dollars for the construction of a new chemical and biomolecular engineering and chemistry building. This money was donated in honor of Dr. Joseph H. Koffolt, who was a highly influential department chair from 1948 to 1968, and the building thus bears the name Koffolt Laboratories. However, in recognition of Lowrie’s generosity, the Ohio State University named the William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in his honor; it is the first named department in the University’s history.

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Finding aid written by: Audrey Wimbiscus, 2019 December

Finding aid prepared by Audrey Wimbiscus